Color of Work

by Timothy J. Minchin

Book Overview

Histories of the civil rights movement have generally overlooked the battle to integrate the South's major industries. The paper industry, which has played an important role in the southern economy since the 1930s, has been particularly neglected. Using previously untapped legal records and oral history interviews, Timothy Minchin provides the first in-depth account of the struggle to integrate southern paper mills.

Minchin describes how jobs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849332
• ISBN13: 9780807849330
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"